Shut Out of Alaska Summit, Ukrainians Skeptical Fair Deal Will Be Reached During Trump-Putin Meeting

Shut out of Alaska summit, Ukrainians skeptical fair deal will be reached during Trump-Putin meeting

Even as his family sobbed into the dirt of his brother’s grave, Ukrainian soldier Artem Reshetilov warned President Donald Trump that he should not compromise with Russia during Friday’s peace talks in Alaska. His brother, Andrei, 38, was killed by a Russian artillery strike while fighting to defend Ukraine’s frontlines. At the funeral on the eve of the talks in Anchorage — to which Ukraine has not been invited — Reshetilov urged Trump not to be…

Diplomacy Watch: Battlefield advantage will steer Alaska talks

Russia took 42.5 square miles of Ukraine’s Donetsk region on Tuesday, making its biggest advance in Ukraine since May 2024. Indeed, Russia took territory in one day that it normally would have taken in five or six days’ time. That advance follows a cascade of battlefield wins for Moscow, where Russia has chipped away at Ukrainian territory over the summer, especially in Ukraine’s Donetsk region.These ground gains could prove critical to the succ…

Trump doesn't have enough leverage to stop Russia, Ukrainian soldiers say ahead of Alaska talks

Editor’s Note: Some of the service members interviewed for this story are introduced by callsign or first name only due to security reasons. As U.S. President Donald Trump and his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin prepare for talks on ending the war in Ukraine, Ukrainian soldiers remain skeptical the meeting will yield any productive outcome, noting that Russian forces have ramped up their offensive on the ground. "I believe these negotiations …

Left out of Alaska talks, exhausted Ukrainians fear an unjust peace

KYIV – They call it "dronocide": new training to deal with what is now the greatest threat to a Ukrainian soldier's life on the battlefield – drones.These machines saturate the front...